DirtFish - Not Your Ordinary Driving School

Winter Experience

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Three Day Advanced Course Goals

Understand Weight Transfer
Throttle Management
Left Foot Braking
Adapt to Understeer and Oversteer
Induce and Correct Slides
Drive the Proper Rally Line
Straight Line Braking
How to Maximize Traction
Trail Braking
Adapt to Changing Conditions
Pendulum Turns
Proper Use of the Hand Brake
Recognize and Adapt to Different Surfaces
Recognize Limits
Driving Real Roads
Basic Understanding of Rally Navigation
Handbrake with Downshift
Linking Corners
Acute Corners
Overlapping Pedal Inputs
Reading Roads
Processing Pace Notes

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Three Day Course Goals

Understand Weight Transfer
Throttle Management
Left Foot Braking
Adapt to Understeer and Oversteer
Induce and Correct Slides
Drive the Proper Rally Line
Straight Line Braking
How to Maximize Traction
Trail Braking
Adapt to Changing Conditions
Pendulum Turns
Linking Corners Together
Recognize and Adapt to Different Surfaces
Recognize Limits
Driving Real Roads
Basic Understanding of Rally Navigation

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Two Day Course Goals

Understand Weight Transfer
Throttle Management
Left Foot Braking
Adapt to Understeer and Oversteer
Induce and Correct Slides
Drive the Proper Rally Line
Straight Line Braking
How to Maximize Traction
Trail Braking
Adapt to Changing Conditions
Pendulum Turns
Proper Use of the Hand Brake
Recognize and Adapt to Different Surfaces
Recognize Limits

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One Day Course Goals

Understand Weight Transfer
Throttle Management
Left Foot Braking
Adapt to Understeer and Oversteer
Induce and Correct Slides
Drive the Proper Rally Line
Straight Line Braking
How to Maximize Traction
Trail Braking
Adapt to Changing Conditions

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Half-Day Course Goals

Understand Weight Transfer
Throttle Management
Left Foot Braking
Adapt to Understeer and Oversteer
Induce and Correct Slides
Understand the Proper Rally Line
Straight Line Braking
How to Maximize Traction

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Two Hour Course Goals

Understand Weight Transfer
Throttle Management
Left Foot Braking
Adapt to Understeer and Oversteer
Induce and Correct Slides
Understand the Proper Rally Line

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Subaru BRZ

Subaru BRZ Features

Roll Cage:
Every rally car requires a welded-in safety cage. The roll cages in our cars are built in-house from scratch.

Racing Seats:
Driver and co-driver need to be firmly mounted to the structure of the vehicle. The use of hinged-back seats in rally vehicles is prohibited in rally and most forms of racing.

Racing Harnesses:
Safety first. A minimum of a 5-point harness is required by all American rally sanctioning bodies. The 5 points consist of 2 shoulder harness, 2 lap belts and a single anti-submarine belt (not shown).

Handbrake:
Most rally cars use a hydraulic handbrake. The purpose of the handbrake maneuver is to turn a car around a very tight corner by locking up the rear wheels to aid the rotation of the car around the corner.

Engine:
The Subary BRZ is powered by a 2.0 liter naturally aspirated Boxer engine.

Drive train:
The Subaru BRZ is rear-wheel-drive and equipped with a limited slip differential.

Gravel Rally Tires:
Being a rally school, we spend most of our time on gravel roads. To maximize the learning experience, we outfit all of our cars with the latest gravel rally tires for maximum traction.

Method Rally Wheels:
It is very important to have a durably strong, yet lightweight rally wheel that can hold up to constant abuse, rocks, rough roads and punctures. At DirtFish, we use and trust Method Race Wheels.

Suspension:
Rally is rarely on a perfectly smooth roads, because of that rally cars require suspension that can take the abuse. We choose to use Reiger rally suspension on our cars.

Brakes:
Rally cars commonly use a 15″ rally wheel. Luckily with the Subaru BRZ’s, the stock brake system is more than adequate for our programs.

Underbody Protection:
Driving at high speeds over variable surfaces can easily damage parts. With the constant spray of gravel that gets thrown at them, skid plates and urethane underbody protection help with the longevity of the underbody of the cars.

Features:

Naturally aspirated 2.0 Liter Boxer engine
6 speed manual transmission and Automatic transmission with paddle shifters
Rear wheel drive
Multi-point roll cage
Improved high-flow exhaust
Hydraulic handbrake

15″ Method rally wheels
Gravel rally tires
Complete underbody protection
5-point racing harness
Racing seats
Rally intercom

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Subaru Impreza STI Sedan & Hatchback

Subaru Impreza STI Sedan & Hatchback Features

Roll Cage:
Every rally car requires a welded-in safety cage. The roll cages in our cars are built in-house from scratch.

Racing Seats:
Driver and co-driver need to be firmly mounted to the structure of the vehicle. The use of hinged-back seats in rally vehicles is prohibited in rally and most forms of racing.

Racing Harnesses:
Safety first. A minimum of a 5-point harness is required by all American rally sanctioning bodies. The 5 points consist of 2 shoulder harness, 2 lap belts and a single anti-submarine belt (not shown).

Handbrake:
Most rally cars use a hydraulic handbrake. The purpose of the handbrake maneuver is to turn a car around a very tight corner by locking up the rear wheels aiding in the rotation of the car around the corner.

Engine:
Our Subaru STi’s use a 2.5 liter 4-cylinder Turbo-charged Boxer engine.

Drive train:
The Subaru STi is equipped with an advanced all-wheel-drive system with an active center differential.

Gravel Rally Tires:
Being a rally school, we spend most of our time on gravel roads. To maximize the learning experience, we outfit all of our cars with the latest gravel rally tires for maximum traction.

Method Rally Wheels:
It is very important to have a durably strong, yet lightweight rally wheel that can hold up to constant abuse, rocks, rough roads and punctures. At DirtFish, we use and trust Method Race Wheels.

Suspension:
Rally is rarely on a perfectly smooth roads, because of that rally cars require suspension that can take the abuse. We choose to use Reiger rally suspension on our cars.

Brakes:
Rally cars commonly use a 15″ rally wheel. In order for the wheels to fit on our Subaru STi’s, we had to convert them to a Group N brake setup.

Underbody Protection:
Driving at high speeds over variable surfaces can easily damage parts. With the constant spray of gravel that gets thrown at them, skid plates and urethane underbody protection help with the longevity of the underbody of the cars.

Features:

4 cylinder, turbocharged engine
6 speed manual transmission
All wheel drive with active differentials
Multi-point roll cage
Custom engine mapping
Improved high-flow exhaust
Reinforced suspension points
Reiger rally suspension

Group N brakes, racing pads and fluid
Hydraulic hand brake
15″ Method rally wheels
Gravel rally tires
Complete underbody protection
5- or 6-point racing harnesses
Rally intercom system

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What are some of the differences between All-Wheel Drive and Rear-Wheel Drive?

Subaru BRZ RWD (Rear-Wheel Drive)

Subaru WRX STI AWD (All-Wheel Drive)

All-Wheel Drive cars have more traction (naturally) and can therefore attain higher speeds in a shorter space, but require very precise driving to extract the most from them. Rear-Wheel Drive is quite challenging, requiring a lot of throttle control and very smooth inputs. It’s incredibly fun and sideways, and the ability to successfully handle a Rear-Wheel Drive car through slippery rally conditions is quite rewarding. Both are incredibly fun, and will increase your driving ability and car control beyond what’s possible on a track.

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Take a tour of our headquarters!

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A birds-eye view of DirtFish Rally School.

Below you will find an aerial view of the DirtFish property. Go through and check out the courses you’ll be driving on during your driving program! View everything from The Slalom all the way up to our longest course, the Advanced Mill Run!